Gannet Definitions

Useful Words

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Pelican : ایک قسم کا ماہی خور پرندہ , Kingfisher : لمبی چونچ والا پرندہ , Budorcas Taxicolor : بڑا پہاڑی بکرا , Fish Duck : مچھلیاں کھانے والی بطخ , Corvus Corax : پہاڑی کوا , Beefy : توانا , Heron : لمبی گردن اور لمبی ٹانگوں والا پرندہ , Gavial : بڑا مگر مچھ , Black Marlin : بلیک مارلین , Battleship : لڑاکا بحری جہاز , Weir : بند جو مچھلیاں پکڑنے کے لئے باندھا جاتا ہے , Spoonbill : لمبی لمبی ٹانگوں والے پرندے , Spike : کلا , Anuran : مینڈک , Tody : سبز چڑیا , Apteryx : نیوزی لینڈ کا ایک پرندہ , Diver : ڈبکی مارنے والا , African Marigold : افریقی گیندے کا پھول , Curlew : مرغابی , Chinese Wall : دیوار چین , Hornbill : لمبی چونچ والا پرندہ , Flamingo : لمبی گردن اور لمبی ٹانگیں والا ایک پرندہ , Cicada : جھینگر , Hoover Dam : امریکی ڈیم , Embankment : پشتہ , Industrialism : صنعتی نظام , Usance : ادئیگی کی میعاد , Swallow : ایک قسم کا پرندہ , Acrostichum Aureum : سنہری جھاڑی , Sphinx : ابوالہول , Chum : مچھلی کے شکار کا چارہ

Useful Words Definitions

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Pelican: large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish.

Kingfisher: nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish.

Budorcas Taxicolor: large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area.

Fish Duck: large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges.

Corvus Corax: large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail.

Beefy: muscular and heavily built.

Heron: grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill.

Gavial: large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout.

Black Marlin: large game fish in the Pacific Ocean; This is one of the fastest fish on earth reaching speeds up to 80 mph.

Battleship: large and heavily armoured warship.

Weir: a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish.

Spoonbill: wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon.

Spike: a large stout nail.

Anuran: any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species.

Tody: tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill.

Apteryx: nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes.

Diver: someone who dives (into water).

African Marigold: a stout branching annual with large yellow to orange flower heads; Mexico and Central America.

Curlew: large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill.

Chinese Wall: a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC; it averages 6 meters in width.

Hornbill: bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers.

Flamingo: large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes.

Cicada: stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone.

Hoover Dam: a large dam built in 1933 on the Colorado River in Nevada.

Embankment: a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection.

Industrialism: an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship.

Usance: the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange).

Swallow: small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations.

Acrostichum Aureum: stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides.

Sphinx: one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians.

Chum: bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish.